Robert, I just received the new tokkuri, and I must say I'm
really extremely pleased with it. It's very much nicer "in person" than in
the pictures, and has a certain - I don't know - a certain "air" about it
which speaks to me of Japan's earth and forests and mountains. Really, it's
a marvelous piece!
Anyway, thanks yet again for another wonderful keeper, as well as for
your trademark excellent, painstaking, prompt and very personal service.
I hope you're enjoying all the best of life there in Kyoto.

Dating back to the early 90s, here's a Kakurezaki Ryuichi work that speaks volumes of his taking old forms and creating new ones based on the a 'simple' jar shape. A museum piece in perfect condition with a signed box, 29.cm tall, 26.8cm.across and 20.5cm.deep, signed on base. click for details

By a twist of fate Fujihira Shin (1922-2012) work found us, again. For those of you not familiar with this wonderful Kyoto potter, please see e-yakimono.net. He is a rare ceramic artist in having retrospective exhibitions at Musee Tomo and Paramita museums and issue no.76(2003) of Honoho Geijutsu... click for details

Bluish-White porcelain (Seihakuji) is a cooling summer favorite of the Japanese and here are two masters from the extreme side of Japan, Ono Kotaro (b.1953) in northern Hokkaido and Kubota Rekko (b.1952) in southern Kyusu. Colors a bit hard to capture, soft powder blues with an 'Icy' temperament.... click for details

As many know RYYG has been the forefront gallery to introduce Mashiko giant Murata Gen (1904-1988) to the west. if you look in our archives you'll see some wonderful works, yet no pitcher as large as this one shown on the left. It stands 34.7cm and has a nuka glaze with swiftly brush drawn iron-u... click for details

To commemorate the fifth issue of the groundbreaking Sake Today magazine we'd like to offer eight guinomi in various styles by Kishino Kan(b.1975). Kishino fires in Iga yet is working in many styles as seen here, Iga, Shino, Ido and Hakeme; he's studied the masters and his work is pure that belie... click for details

Few chawan makers in Japan are as 'deep' as Yoshida Yoshihiko(b.1936). Here are two of Yoshida's signature chawan forms and glazes--Shino and Kohiko, each in perfect condition with signed boxes; the Shino is On Reserve; the kohiki is 220,000 yen. More about Yoshida here: http://www.e-yakimono.net... click for details

Kojima Kenji (b.1953) is an Iga veteran with an impressive career here in Japan, his works are little known in the West. I think just by looking at this most impressive bold and rich firing one can get a sense of his artistry and mastery of Iga. In perfect condition with a signed box, 25.5cm.tall... click for details

Thanks to all who visited the Goto exhibition, Goto was very pleased to share and send his works around the world--we look forward to his new groundbreaking Shino in time. Back to Bizen, and also many new works to be listed next week. Here are three Bizen masters in the form of a tokkuri by Fujiw... click for details